"If someone asked me what a human being ought to devote the maximum

of his life to, I would answer, "Training." Train more than you sleep."

Karate Master Masutatsu Oyama

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"The ancient practice of meditation is a vital element in mastering the fighting arts. Millions of people
throughout the world practice meditation for improved health and spiritual peace...
It leads you to a quiet and receptive state of mind in which you can learn and retain information more easily."

"Besides increasing creativity and the ability to learn, meditation can increase alertness and energy,
and decrease anxiety, boredom, stress, insomnia, and the craving for drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes."

"For the martial artist, meditation should be mandatory."
-Grandmaster Fred Villari
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"The ultimate aim of the art of Karate lies not in victory or defeat,

 but in the perfection of the character of its participants" -Gichin Funakoshi
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"Judge me by my size do you? Size Matters Not."-Yoda
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"It's not just self defense, it's about self control, body discipline, and mind discipline
and breath techniques. It involves yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not a sport."   
-Elvis Presley

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"The teaching of one virtuous person can influence many; that which has been learned
 well by one generation can be passed on to a hundred."  -Jigoro Kano (1860-1938)
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"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going."-Earl Nightingale
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"To seek perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our manhood."

-Carlos Castaneda

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"You must be deadly serious in training. When I say that, I do not mean that you should be
 reasonably diligent or moderately in earnest. I mean that your opponent must always

be present in your mind, whether you sit or stand or walk or raise your arms."

-Gichin Funakoshi's First Rule For The Study of Karate-Do
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"Like a Blacksmith pounding a piece of red-hot metal,
hard training shapes and changes your body and mind.
It is not by rubbing or patting it, but only through continuous hard work
that an ordinary object can become a sword."   Helwig

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"Be master OF mind, rather than mastered BY mind"- Zen Saying
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"Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused.
Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear
and without Strength,
Knowledge may not be applied." -
-Alexander the Great's Chief Physician
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"Train as if your life depended on it, because someday it just may."
-Guro Dave Gould
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" A master is one who returns day after day to the basic techniques and fundamentals.
Mastery is a matter of daily struggle to perfect the simplest of techniques and ideas."

- Martial Arts axiom
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"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."-Wayne Gretzky
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"Victory goes to the one who has no thought of himself"
- Shinkage School of Swordsmanship
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"If you expect anyone else to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first."-Unknown

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"A Man Who Has Attained Mastery of An Art Reveals It in His Every Action."-Samurai Maxim
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"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is."- H. Jackson Browne

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"Even though surrounded By several enemies set to attack,
Fight with the thought That they are but one."
-Morihei Ueshiba
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"The more you sweat in training, the less you will bleed in battle."-Navy Seals Motto
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"The way of the sword and the Way of Zen are identical,
for they have the same purpose; that of killing the ego."
-Yamada Jirokichi
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